12279: Ruling on eating imported sweets and candies

The chocolates came from England and Canada they were sent by our relatives as a gift now i would like to know how can we identify if it is haram or halal?. the ingredients didn't mention anything about it.the chocolates were twix,kit kat etc.I will be waiting for your reply

Praise be to Allaah.

Shaykh Muhammad
al-‘Uthaymeen said: the basic principle concerning all foods and drinks is
that they are permissible unless there is evidence to show that they are
forbidden, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“He it is Who created for you all that is on earth. Then
He rose over (Istawa) towards the heaven and made them seven heavens and He
is the All-Knower of everything” [al-Baqarah 2:29]

And because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: “What I keep quiet about is permissible,” then he
recited:

“Say (O Muhammad): I find not in that which has been
revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it,
unless it be Maytah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering
or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork); for that surely, is impure or
impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice
for others than Allaah (or has been slaughtered for idols, or on which
Allaah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering)”

If we do not know that
this thing is haraam, either from a clear statement [in the Qur’aan or
Sunnah] to that effect or because it comes under a general shar’i
prohibition, or by proper analogy that dictates that it is haraam, then it
is halaal. This is the basic principle concerning food, drink, clothing and
customs.

(Fataawa Manaar al-Islam, 3/647).

On this basis it is permissible to eat them so long as it is
not proven that their ingredients include anything that that is known in
sharee’ah to be haraam. And Allaah knows best.